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What you are expecting from 'overlapping' 2 gradient masks is not a possibility in PS.

I don't know know if you understand how 'transparency' works in PS but in a nutshell, 50% transparency, (on one layer), added to 50% transparency, (on another layer) does not equal 100%.

You can test this for yourself by duplicating a layer with 50% transparency...(Its a lot easier than doing the maths!)

50% + 50% = 75%

75% + 50% = 88%

88% + 50% = 94%

94% + 50% = 97%

97% + 50% = 99%

99% + 50% = 100% (BUT NOTICE THE IMAGE STILL HAS TRANSPARENCY !!!)

100% + 50% = 100% (Should now be opaque)

That's 7 layers before you completely lose transparency.

Hopefully you can see that anything less than 7 layers will give you 'some' transparency meaning you will always get a 'grey' area when overlapping your masks.

Regards.

MrTom.